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The most recent session in the shop had a lot of putzy work. Mostly a card scraper and sandpaper, and more CA glue. But I got close enough that I ...
I'm making a set of kitchen knives for our retirement community arts and crafts fair; a chef's knife, a santoku and a paring knife.  I bought some ...
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This evening, I got a couple hours in the shop. Set up the laser-guided hollowing rig and took the bowl down to a little over a quarter inch. I had...
After company visiting us for the weekend, and my sweetie’s birthday yesterday, I got back to the shop this morning. About an hour and a half finis...
OK after making template to use for inserting the She-Oak into the table top I removed the clamps and continued. [IMG_3153.JPG] I used a stand off...

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